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rmy vb. to deceive
GDDt
Gpəˁalto deceive1 sense▶
to deceive
Qumran, Sam, LJLA
4Q536.X2.11↗ וי לכה סכלא די פמך ירמנכה‏ : woe are you, fool, whose mouth deceives you ; PJ Num25:18↗ בעיטת רמיותהון דרמיין לכון‏ : with their deceptive advice they deceive you with
Dpaˁˁelto deceive1 sense▶
to deceive
Gal, PTA, Sam, LJLA
BR 817:7(1)↗ אין בעיי אתון אנה מרמי בה‏ : if you desire, I will deceive him ; TN Gen29:25↗ ולמה כען רמית בי‏ ; SamTgJ Gen29:25↗ ולמה רמיתני‏ ; TgProv26:19↗ היכנא גברא דמרמי לחבריה ואמר מגחך גחכית‏ : so too is a man who deceives his fellow but says: I was just joking
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to act deceptively
JLAtg
TgJ Amos9:3var.↗ וְאִם יְדַמוֹן/"ירמון" לְאִיטמָרָא‏ : if they imagine (var. act deceptively) to hide
Dtˀeṯpaˁˁalto be deceived1 sense▶
to be deceived
Syr
Syr-RomLaw.36.26↗ ܐܠܐ ܡܬܪܡܝܘ ܐܬܪܡܝ ܘܨܒܐ ܕܢܫܪܝܗ݀‏ : he was in fact deceived and wanted to release her
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Probably a semantic development from rmy in Hebrew used in Jewish Aramaic texts. In the rare Syriac usage (ethpa), though, surely a denominative from the noun rammāy, "cheater".
Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 526aDJBA: 1088bJ. Payne-Smith: 542bTal Sam: 838DCPA[Schulthess]: 404[195]Qumran: 223
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